 |
 |
On Wed 01 Jan, Karen Zarkadas wrote: > Hello, > > I am looking for information about fetal transplant surgery done > at the Karolinska hospital in Sweden . Does anyone know if the surgery is > available as a treatment and not just a research program? Thanks > > Karen Z. > > Hello Karen - As I understand it (and my knowledge is not obtained first hand so I may be wrong) it takes a lot of money, but on top of that, because it is still a research programme, you need some way in, and that money can't buy. It is sad, but as I understand it the Swedish researchers, unencumbered by the American rules relating to use of fetal tissue (the 3 weeks rule), are achieving quite outstanding results. However, the techniques and source material rules which the practical Swedish teams have found to be necessary would not be sanctioned in the USA in a million years. -- Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]>